Author: Kelly Wiese Niemeyer

Parking & Transportation Services at Washington University in St. Louis provides several updates, including its new director, vehicle storage during spring break and upcoming campus events that may affect parking.

Undergraduate student artists of any kind are welcome to apply for the Atkin Residency in the Art of Democracy. The application deadline is March 7.

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2024 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science from Northwestern University.

Nominations are now open to honor deserving staff members through Washington University’s Distinguished Honor Awards. The nomination deadline is March 15.

The Knight Executive Education Center has completed renovations on 66 guest rooms and is holding an open house for the campus community from 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7.

Sudhir M. Singh, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research at the School of Medicine, died Dec. 24 following a short illness. He was 45.

To ensure broad communication, certain key university policies are published annually in The Record. These policies are intended to promote and support a positive working and learning environment. The policies also are available on the Human Resources website.

One of the world’s largest neuroscience research buildings was dedicated Jan. 18 on the Medical Campus. The 11-story building is named the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building, in recognition of a gift from Fort, a longtime university supporter.

Three WashU researchers developing promising therapeutics for cancer and heart disease are the inaugural awardees of the Needleman Program for Innovation and Commercialization. The next round of project proposals is now open.

At the university’s Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 1, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure.